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. >> reporter: president obama joked and jabbed in the white house briefing room as he pressed the point that he's no lame duck and that he'll keep pushing his priority. >> we understand that we're in a divided government right now. republicans control the house of representatives. in the senate this habit of requiring 60 votes for even the most modest piece of legislation has gummed up the works there. despite that, i'm actually confident that there are a range of things we'll be able to get done. >> reporter: for instance he said he believes congress will approve sweeping immigration reform. and he insisted he hasn't given up on closing the prison at guantanamo, cuba, as he vowed to do in his first presidential campaign. >> i think it is critical for us to understand that guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us in terms of our international standings. it lessens cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs to be closed. >> reporter: congress has balancinged at transfe
. >> reporter: president obama joked and jabbed in the white house briefing room as he pressed the point that he's no lame duck and that he'll keep pushing his priority. >> we understand that we're in a divided government right now. republicans control the house of representatives. in the senate this habit of requiring 60 votes for even the most modest piece of legislation has gummed up the works there. despite that, i'm actually confident that there are a range of things we'll be...
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obama always talk about working together and vote like this help to make the white house's point. host: evan mcmorris-santoro from buzzfeed and seung min kim from politico. ahead previewing the week in washington. if you would like to join the conversation, the numbers are on your screen. phones, weet to the see the questions over gun control. that was settled a week and a half ago. on guns, a wait-and-see approach becomes slim to none. then you look up the politics of this. in "the new york times," there littlerage of paying cost for defying president obama's bush for gun control. where is the political fallout in this? is a very important issue that polarizes a lot of people, but if you look at just the politics it's very interesting. on one hand, you have a powerful national rifle association. but the fallout from this has been what do the gun control advocates do with this? there's been some confusion. they're going to be running ads in arkansas, a democrat who also voted against it, but the general problem they seem to be having is that they do not have the kind of fired up m
obama always talk about working together and vote like this help to make the white house's point. host: evan mcmorris-santoro from buzzfeed and seung min kim from politico. ahead previewing the week in washington. if you would like to join the conversation, the numbers are on your screen. phones, weet to the see the questions over gun control. that was settled a week and a half ago. on guns, a wait-and-see approach becomes slim to none. then you look up the politics of this. in "the new...
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obama always talk about working together and vote like this help to make the white house's point. host: evan mcmorris-santoro from buzzfeed and seung min kim from politico. we are previewing the week ahead in washington. if you would like to join the conversation, the numbers are on your screen. before we get to the phones, we see the questions over gun control. that was settled a week and a half ago. on guns, a wait-and-see approach becomes slim to none. then you look up the politics of this. in "the new york times," there is coverage of paying little cost for defying president obama's bush for gun control. where is the political fallout in this? guest: this is a very important issue that polarizes a lot of people, but if you look at just the politics it's very interesting. on one hand, you have a powerful national rifle association. but the fallout from this has been what do the gun control advocates do with this? there's been some confusion. they're going to be running ads in arkansas, a democrat who the voted against it, but general problem they seem to be having is that they
obama always talk about working together and vote like this help to make the white house's point. host: evan mcmorris-santoro from buzzfeed and seung min kim from politico. we are previewing the week ahead in washington. if you would like to join the conversation, the numbers are on your screen. before we get to the phones, we see the questions over gun control. that was settled a week and a half ago. on guns, a wait-and-see approach becomes slim to none. then you look up the politics of this....
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santor 0 from buzz feed covers the white house for buzz feed. down at the whitehouse today, president obama, a series of meetings starting with the presidential -- with the daily briefing that he and the vice president get together every day this morning, it will be at 9:45 a.m. then the president will meet with his senior advisors in the oval. at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon the president and the vice president sat down with secretary of state john kerry and at 4 dole 30 -- i guess they figure john kerry won't have that much to talk about. seems syria may take a little bit more time when you at 4:30, the president and the vice president meet with secretary of treasury jack lew. jay carney will meet with us reporters at 12:40 for the daily white house briefing. at the take a certain vay evan mcmorris santorium from buzz feed coming up in the next hour here of the "full-court press." >> this is "the bill press show" show." >> a big good morning to you. welcome to the "full-court press" this wednesday morning, may 1st. great to see you today. thank
santor 0 from buzz feed covers the white house for buzz feed. down at the whitehouse today, president obama, a series of meetings starting with the presidential -- with the daily briefing that he and the vice president get together every day this morning, it will be at 9:45 a.m. then the president will meet with his senior advisors in the oval. at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon the president and the vice president sat down with secretary of state john kerry and at 4 dole 30 -- i guess they figure...